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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

4386.0. "My Tigger's Got the Blues...I Think!" by GRANPA::DCOMBER () Wed Feb 13 1991 19:00

    Help!
    
    One of my two kittens, Tigger, aged 7 months has started a new
    thing that has me UP IN ARMS!!
    
    Tigger and Tawny were spayed last month and ever since I brought
    them home from the hospital Tigger has started crying at 3 a.m.
    I'll get up when I hear her and she'll run to the kitchen.  I've
    checked the food bowl and there's food in it -- if not, I've always
    put some in for her, but, 15 minutes later she'll start crying
    again!  Tawny is usually under out bed sleeping, but when I get
    up, so does she.  I don't get up when she starts again and after
    a while she will stop and jump up on the bed and sleep with me.
    But this crying breaks my heart!
    
    Why is she doing this?  Or, what can I do to stop it?
    
    Someone, anyone please help -- I can't keep being late for work
    because "the kitten kept me up"!  Thanks so much in advance,
    
    Diana

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4386.1	Don't give in to her	WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO	set home/cat_max=infinity	`Wed Feb 13 1991 19:23`	6
	I think she is doing it cuz it works!! :^) Her main objective is to get some attention, and she is getting attention. Try totally ignoring her and see if after a few days she doesn't give up. This won't be easy, but try it. Jo
4386.2	close the door on her	TYGON::WILDE	why am I not yet a dragon?	`Wed Feb 13 1991 19:57`	2
	if she bothers you too much, shut your bedroom off from her when she starts crying. She will stop fairly quickly if she doesn't get what she wants.
4386.3		SANFAN::FOSSATJU		`Wed Feb 13 1991 20:19`	9
	One of my cats used to do this - he was Siamese and came out with a pitiful cry that was ever so loud. I ignored him when I figured there was nothing wrong - his next step was to go find a toy and bring it up on the bed and throw it in my face. I then made it a point to pick up all the toys before I went to bed. How'd that song go "I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour'????? Giudi
4386.4		TENAYA::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Wed Feb 13 1991 23:01`	4
	Kittens are high energy babies. Try some games like catch the catnip mouse before bedtimes to tucker her out. This gets better as they get to be a year or so old.
4386.5	Here's an Update on Tigger	GRANPA::DCOMBER		`Mon Feb 18 1991 14:25`	14
	Here's an update on Tigger... Once again, the great advice that I've received through this notesfile has helped!! Thanks to all of you! I've been giving Tigger extra TLC before I head off to bed at night and on Friday night, she stopped crying! Saturday and Sunday were quiet too...I only hope that this lasts. I can't thank all of you enough, but, thanks from Joe, Tawny and me! Diana (and Tigger thanks you too...she likes sleeping through the night!)